4000yen / 2000yen(students with ID) from Dec. 2nd
Available at PIA (exc. Students tickets), e+ (exc. Students tickets) and TIF
Info&Tickets: TIF 03-5428-0337 tif@anj.or.jp

The "Al-Hamlet Summit" takes the familiar characters of Shakespeare's Hamlet and places them inside a conference room in an unnamed Arab State today. This new play is a rewriting of Shakespeare's original that takes an incisive and poetic look at the politics surrounding Arab-West relationships and the continuing cycle of violence in the Middle East. The "Al-Hamlet Summit" was first performed in English at the Cairo International Festival for Experimental Theatre 2002 and at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2002 where it received rave reviews and a number of international prizes. This new production is the Arabic World Premier which has been adapted and updated to reflect the current events. Directed by Kuwaiti Sulayman Al-Bassam, the production brings together some of the finest actors from the Arab world and comes direct to Japan from rehearsals in Kuwait.